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I wanna customise the shit out of my Linux Mint desktop. Any suggestions for cool desklets etc? (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/libre@hexbear.net
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C'mon let's have some fun with it. I wanna make my computer cool as shit

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[–] IWantToMakeProgress@hexbear.net 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

https://github.com/vinceliuice/Colloid-gtk-theme

https://github.com/vinceliuice/Colloid-icon-theme

Check Vinceliuice's Repo for more, any GTK themes should work with Mint.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 1 points 5 hours ago

Danke danke

[–] dead@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is what was considered to be peak desktop customization 15 years ago. Desktop cube and wobbly windows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEQXdpFQxBs

[–] tim_curry@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

COMPIZZZZ LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO lets-fucking-go

This is what made me install ubuntu over XP when i was a kid. My windows... Wobbly...

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

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[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

I loved compiz back in my heavy linux customization days. Not sure what the current version/equivalent is, maybe wayfire idk

[–] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

!unixporn, here are the mint posts

shoutout to the time we baited the chuds by getting 'rice' (verb) banned there

sorry I couldn't be more help but I run nix+sway so idk much about desktop environments. any time I get the itch to better tune my desktop that comm's where I go for inspiration

[–] aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

What's the story with rice? I never knew it was ban worthy

[–] combat_brandonism@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

it's slang inherited from car modding culture that's derogatory towards Asians and Japanese people in particular

[–] boiledfrog@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

conky is very cool

[–] huf@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

install a tiling wm then, instead of wasting your substance on widgets :)

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah the question is why would you want to look at your desktop op? That's the logical conclusion of this way of thinking, but no shame if you aren't ready to leap into a tiling wm yet.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

yeah! you should look at terminals!

[–] Meltyheartlove@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

Conky would be a start

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I like Rainmeter. There's still a bunch of widgets floating around on Deviantart.

[–] dannoffs@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Rainmeter is for windows.

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

Well shoot, I thought they had a linux version but guess not.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i bet you could use the windows XP default background and have an animated owl pissing and shitting in the corner

[–] Darbage 4 points 1 week ago

I dig icon packs and tooling about with themes. Hidimari is a great live wallpaper program that even allows for streaming into your desktop (critical that you disable during full screen or your resources are munched). I for a bit had a hollow knight ost YouTube video that would just play in the background during idle.

[–] tim_curry@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I tend to just customise my Linux to look like a mac. Cos as much as I hate apple i rly like the UI theme. Although plank is kinda dead now and won't survive the switch to wayland :( don't think anyone else is making app dock things anymore unless its baked into the UI itself like elementary OS

[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

Xeyes and catclock.

[–] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

It's all about an aesthetic wallpaper, a window tiling manager, transparent borders, some terminal widgets, and about 10px of space between windows

[–] aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For inspiration https://youtu.be/LGpH_aYBvqY

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

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[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

Nscde or nextspace